This is our first look at Toyota’s new TS040 Hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the World Endurance Championship this year. Compared to last year’s TS030, the TS040 has an all-wheel-drive system and increased output.

Porsche is working on a mid-cycle update for its 991-series 911. Pictured here is the Turbo variant, which is likely to be receiving a power upgrade. Peak output for the Turbo S variant may extend beyond 570 horsepower, up from the current model’s 560-horsepower rating.

General Motors’ European outfit Opel is working on a hardcore version of its Astra OPC. Opel hasn’t revealed all the details on the new Astra OPC Extreme just yet, but the company says weight has been reduced compared to the standard model through the use of carbon fiber.

It seems we can hardly go a week without some "winterpocalypse" these days. This time it was in Atlanta, Georgia. The snow--all 1-3 inches of it--had a very real and dangerous impact on the city’s residents.

This, believe it or not, is the first car ever developed by Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche. Known as the P1--and also by its longer name, the "Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model", Porsche has liberated the 115-year-old car from a warehouse, where it has lain unused and dormant since 1902.

A new performance sedan concept bearing the Quant name has been confirmed for the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. It’s called the Quant e-Sportlimousine and is said to feature a new type of electric drive technology.